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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 07:07 PM
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hey everyone i have a red trans am ws-6 with the black leather interior and i want a different head unit that would look awesome in my car your input is appreciated
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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Loaded question here.....what specs/features are you seeking, and how much do you want to spend! Several nice aftermarket HU's available in a variety of price ranges.

I believe Eclipse has nice "red" LED's, but it all depends on what you want.
Pioneers, Clarion, and Alpine are some easily accessable head units you can pickup. This is a very "subjective" question, but I would stay away from Panasonic - just personally speaking!
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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Loaded question here.....what specs/features are you seeking, and how much do you want to spend! Several nice aftermarket HU's available in a variety of price ranges.

I believe Eclipse has nice "red" LED's, but it all depends on what you want.
Pioneers, Clarion, and Alpine are some easily accessable head units you can pickup. This is a very "subjective" question, but I would stay away from Panasonic - just personally speaking!
im looking at spending less then 800
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 03:06 AM
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you can get one hell of a head unit for a little under 800. i would also suggest something from alpine, thats what ill be getting
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 04:39 AM
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Hard to answer this question without more information...

What do you want out of the head unit? Just looks only?
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 04:45 AM
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Well I sold Pioneer premier, and panasonic for 2 years at international audio n tx. I would look into a nice mid line premier deck. Still get the features you want and a kickass display. They are very user friendly and have a ton of features.

Although a lot of other companies have units that are very nice as well, im a pio premier type of guy.

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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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yea i agree the premier is the 1 i want it looks sick and if you look on ebay you can get a great deal on em
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 12:38 AM
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I have an Alpine 9851. It looks good in the my 2000 WS6 with black interior. Good unit. This one was about $230, but you can upgrade to a better one, but there is nothing that I dont like about this one.
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i have an eclipse 5444 unit payed about 550 for it and it ROCKS!
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For that kind of dough you can get the full blown Clarion in dash DVD unit. Sound quality, build quality, yadda yadda yadda isnt as good as others but hell its a bargain if thats what you are looking for.
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Old Aug 19, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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Yeah, you can get a hell of a Deck for under 800 bucks. Don't overlook Panasonic, they make some really nice upper class decks, I've never had a bad experience with them.
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Old Aug 19, 2005 | 05:02 PM
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I also have preimer in my truck and I'm putting one in my car. I usedto have kenwood or alpine's but since I got myfirst preimer tha't all I want anymore. I've ripped out more expensive and good hd out of my vehiceal's just to put one in. just my prefernce though.
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